Oxford Brookes University

Empowering foster carers to support sleep in children in care PhD

Oxford Brookes UniversityHeadington, United Kingdom

Course overview

This PhD aims to understand the special considerations of managing sleep in CiC, co-produce resources to best meet the sleep-related needs of CiC and those who care for them, and develop recommendations for how FCs and CiC are supported around sleep.

Key highlights

  • Research into the special considerations of managing sleep in children in care
  • Co-production of sleep resources with children in care and their carers
  • Develops recommendations for supporting foster carers and children around sleep

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:1 — or above

Scholarships

  • Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) Scholarship

    Award value: £3,000

    Up to £3,000
  • Global Development and Humanitarian Practice Scholarship

    Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America only are eligible to apply for a single scholarship award of £9,250 to contribute to their course fees.

    Up to £9,250
  • Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding Scholarship

    Full and part-time applicants for the MA Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding are eligible to apply for one of the £1,000 scholarships.

    Up to £1,000
  • London Book Fair Scholarship

    The London Book Fair is offering a fee-waiver bursary of £1,000 to a full-time or part-time student at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing on the MA Publishing Media.

    Up to £1,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Postdoctoral researcher
  • University lecturer
  • Social care researcher
  • Child sleep research specialist
  • Policy adviser in children's social care

Admission

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